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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26448.21
People
Ben Vautier, French (Naples, Italy 1935 - 2024 Nice, France)
Published by Fluxus, American
Title
Fold/Unfold (Gesture Piece)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
multiple
Date
late 1960s
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/10976

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Manila envelope containing offset-printed, folded sheet of paper
Technique
Photolithograph
Dimensions
8.9 x 5.7 cm (3 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Barbara Moore, Bound/Unbound, New York, New York, partial gift partial purchase; to Harvard University Art Museums, June 28, 2005.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
S. 438

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Barbara and Peter Moore Fluxus Collection, Margaret Fisher Fund and gift of Barbara Moore/Bound & Unbound
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
M26448.21
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Inside a small manila envelope is a single, folded sheet of paper. The word "unfold" is printed on the upper left-hand corner of one side, and is visible when the sheet is folded. Once unfolded, the word "fold" is revealed printed at the center of the sheet on the verso. Included in Flux Year Box 2.

Publication History

  • Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008)

Exhibition History

  • Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007

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